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Facebook news today

Sherrilynne Starkie

The social network has today agreed to add gender-based hate to its list of unacceptable content and has committed to ridding its site of it and is updating its guidelines to training moderators. . A report out today says that the little-used blogging feature is about to get an overhaul to compete with Tumblr.

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Social Networking Stats: Are Social Media Passwords Fair Game for Colleges, Employers? 13 States Say No.

The Realtime Report

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Tumblr: 166 million blogs. via Tumblr. if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. . Employers, Universities Denied Access to Social Media Passwords of Prospective Workers, Students.

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Path: the sequel

Sherrilynne Starkie

Well over a year ago a new social network, Path, was launched. It was positioned as ‘personal network’ and friends were limited to just 50, a number based on the psychology theories that 150 is the maximum number of social relationships any human can handle. This feature might ruffle some privacy feathers.

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

A black hole in social media data got a step closer to being understood this week. Up until know, it’s been almost impossible to see into the world’s most popular social network to gain insight that could be crucial in developing social media strategies and campaigns. Facebook graph search and your privacy.

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Customer Satisfaction: Social Media Websites Rank Among The Worst

The Realtime Report

Pinterest has emerged as the new favorite social network for consumers, increasing 6% to an ACSI score of 76. Improved features and search capabilities have launched the site to the top of the social media category for the very first time. Social Networking Stats: Active Usage Drops For Facebook and Twitter, #RLTM Scoreboard.

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2012 in Recap: The Year of Visual Social Media

Mindjumpers

Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram triggered an outrage against the world’s biggest social network when Instagram during December made two announcements. The first drastic announcement was that Instagram completely turned off Twitter integration – no more synchronisation or sharing. A picture is worth a thousand words….

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This Week in Social Media – 4/24/2013

Social Media Marketing

Online privacy may be an issue for many, but overall, consumers prefer targeted ads over random ads that have nothing to do with their interests. 5 ): Advice for Clueless Brands on Social Media. Platforms Resource for discovering which brands are on social platforms - Vine, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr.